Vaccine News
Colorado doctors, advocates tackle “pervasive” health misinformation head-on
Before the pandemic, the conventional wisdom in public health was that trying to engage with misinformation was like throwing water…
Routine vaccines, extraordinary impact: Rotavirus
In the 1970s, several research groups set out to find out how many children died each year from diarrhoea-related illness….
In a sceptical era, understand this: vaccines do work – and our…
In 1959, at the age of 29, the promising England footballer Jeff Hall died of polio. His death sent shock waves across…
When it comes to preventing COVID-19 deaths, ‘how we feel about each…
The United States has the dubious distinction of suffering the highest COVID-19 mortality rate among the world’s high-income countries. But…
We Have Cutting-Edge Science to Make Vaccines, but Will Everyone Benefit?
As a physician-scientist who has spent nearly 40 years studying viruses and immunity, I can speak to the scientific advances…
My Family and the Measles Vaccine
Sixty years ago, in March 1963, the U.S. Surgeon General granted licenses to two drug companies to produce the first…
Vaccination, Paxlovid decrease risk of long Covid, studies show
People who are vaccinated or who take Paxlovid during a Covid-19 infection have a lower risk of developing long Covid,…
15,000 Coloradans have died due to COVID, a loss of historic proportions
As of March 22, 2023, 15,007 Coloradans have now died in the coronavirus pandemic. Colorado’s first COVID-19 death was an El Paso…
If you had Covid before you were vaccinated, you might have less…
People who caught Covid-19 before they were vaccinated had a weaker immune response to the shots than those who never had the…
RSV Vaccines Are Nearly Here after Decades of False Starts
Megan Smith was especially conscious of the threat COVID posed to her six-week-old daughter in October 2021. The now 36-year-old…
Vaccine makers prep bird flu shot for humans ‘just in case’; rich…
Some of the world’s leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots…
Covid Worsened a Health Crisis Among Pregnant Women
KOKOMO, Ind. — Tammy Cunningham doesn’t remember the birth of her son. She was not quite seven months pregnant when…
Sleep affects your immunity after vaccination. Here’s how
If you’re scheduling an appointment for a vaccination — whether for Covid-19, the flu or for travel to another country…
Lying and Vaccine Disinformation Among Parents
Approximately one-quarter of parents lie about their child’s COVID-19 status or don’t follow public health guidelines like quarantines meant to…
What the research shows about risks of myocarditis from COVID vaccines versus…
Soon after the first COVID-19 vaccines appeared in 2021, reports of rare cases of heart inflammation, or myocarditis, began to surface….